Research Article

Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports

Number: 90 July 30, 2019
  • İdris Yücel
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Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports

Abstract

The rule of Democratic Party and the May 27, 1960 coup that ended it are accepted as the first experience of true multi-party political life, and as a critical turning-point in Turkish political history representing the first military coup. With this in mind, this work re-reads the coup through the reports and analysis of the French embassy in Ankara. The reports sent to Paris by Henry Spitzmuller, the French ambassador of the time, on May 27 and afterwards reflect the responses to political developments in diplomatic circles, most of all the political landscape which emerged in Turkey following the coup. It also, more importantly, provides us with important clues as to the causes of the coup. The French saw the main reasons for the coup as being the constitutional order left over from the one-party era, the partisanship of the president and the authoritarian attitude of Adnan Menderes towards opposition.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 30, 2019

Submission Date

February 23, 2017

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2019 Number: 90

APA
Yücel, İ. (2019). Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports. Bilig, 90, 43-65. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.9003
AMA
1.Yücel İ. Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports. Bilig. 2019;(90):43-65. doi:10.12995/bilig.9003
Chicago
Yücel, İdris. 2019. “Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports”. Bilig, nos. 90: 43-65. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.9003.
EndNote
Yücel İ (July 1, 2019) Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports. Bilig 90 43–65.
IEEE
[1]İ. Yücel, “Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports”, Bilig, no. 90, pp. 43–65, July 2019, doi: 10.12995/bilig.9003.
ISNAD
Yücel, İdris. “Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports”. Bilig. 90 (July 1, 2019): 43-65. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.9003.
JAMA
1.Yücel İ. Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports. Bilig. 2019;:43–65.
MLA
Yücel, İdris. “Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports”. Bilig, no. 90, July 2019, pp. 43-65, doi:10.12995/bilig.9003.
Vancouver
1.İdris Yücel. Turkey’s May 27, 1960 Coup through The French Diplomatic Reports. Bilig. 2019 Jul. 1;(90):43-65. doi:10.12995/bilig.9003

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